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Nonlinear post-compression of a hybrid vortex mode in a gas-filled capillary

Mekha Vimal, Michele Natile, Jean-François Lupi

    Optics Letters
    |December 22, 2023
    PubMed
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    Researchers achieved significant temporal compression of vortex beams using nonlinear propagation in gas-filled capillaries. This breakthrough in nonlinear optics enables the generation of few-cycle pulses carrying orbital angular momentum.

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